FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 189 



51741 (5 types of Abudefduf taupou Jordan and Seale), Apia, Samoa, Jordan 

 and Kellogg. 

 15112, Samoan Islands, A. B. Steinberger, 1 specimen. 



Color ill life (field No. U-39-516) : Dorsal spines brilliant orange; 

 soft dorsal and caudal translucent ; lower anterior portion of caudal 

 with tinge of orange; anal dull orange; lower half of body dull 

 orange; pelvic spine orange, the prolonged tip blackish; jet-black 

 spot at base of soft dorsal; body on sides and back brilliant dark 

 purple ; pectorals colorless. 



In Bleeker's Atlas, plate 410, figure 6, does not represent the same 

 species as in Giinther's "Fishe der Siidsee," plate 128, figure A. The 

 latter is a male of Abudefduf taupou. Jordan and Seale's plate 43, 

 figures 2 and 3, represents A. taupou^ figure 2 a male and figure 3 a 

 female. 



ABUDEFDUF LEUCOPOMUS (Cuvier) 



Glyphisodon leucopomus Cuviek, Histoire natnrelle des polssous, vol. 5, p. 480, 

 1830. 



115797, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 16 specimens. 



115793, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 7 specimens. 



115795, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 8 specimens. 



115794, Hull Island, reef, July 13, 1939, 9 specimens. 



115792, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939. 3 specimens. 



115796, Tau Island, reef, at Siulagi Pt., June 27, 1939, 69 specimens. 

 52306, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 16 specimens. 



Color in life, from color crayon sketch (field No. U-39-97) : Sides 

 of body and head dark olive, as is dorsal region in front of spiny 

 dorsal fin ; opercle with yellow area ; dazzling blue band from snout 

 past dorsal edge of eye, thence along base of dorsal fin, meeting its 

 fellow on upper edge of caudal peduncle; a black spot near base of 

 last three dorsal spines; a second black spot at rear base of dorsal 

 fin and extending on caudal peduncle, behind which the blue streak 

 ends; the third black spot is at upper base caudal fin and a trifle 

 on peduncle; basal three-fourths or more of anal yellow, the outer 

 margin black; pelvic, pectoral, and caudal fins yellow; outer two- 

 thirds of dorsal fins yellow-orange; lower lip black. 



ABUDEFDUF FILAMENTOSUS (Macleny) 



Olyphidodon filamentosus Macleay, Froc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 7, 

 p. 365, 1882. 



51742 (6 types of Abudefduf metalUcus Jordan and Seale), Apia, Samoa, 

 Jordan and Kellogg. 

 118025, Samoan Islands, Dr. C. H. White, 2 specimens. 



